Archive for May, 2015
Conversation in Arabic1 Posted by aziza on May 25, 2015
Ahmed and Henry are friends. They are talking to each other in Arabic today. Can you understand what they are talking about? If you have a friend learning Arabic, you can try to carry out the same conversation with them! أحمد: السلام عليكم يا هنري، كيف حالك؟ هنري: وعليكم السلام يا أحمد، أنا بخير، الحمد…
8 Reasons To Visit the Arab World NOW Posted by jesa on May 24, 2015
Marhaba! We are all passionate about learning Arabic. Through solving crossword puzzles, answering comprehension exercises, and learning grammar, we all long to getting closer and closer to perfecting our reading, speaking, and writing skills. Bearing in mind the importance of learning from our valuables resources on the Arabic Transparent Blog and our website, today I…
Reading Answers: Quantum of the Seas Posted by Fisal on May 21, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the international cruise ship; “Quantum of the Seas” that crossed the Suez Canal today. To view the passage and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers اِســمُ الــســفــيــنــة الــتــى عــبــرت قــنــاة الــســويــس الــيــوم هــو «كــوانــتــم أوف ذي ســيــز» …
Reading Exercise: Quantum of the Seas Posted by Fisal on May 21, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “عــبــرت الــمــجــري الــمــلاحــي لــقــنــاة الــســويــس صــبــاح الــيــوم (الــخــمــيــس) ثــالــث أكــبــر ســفــيــنــة ركــاب ســيــاحــيــة عــلــى مــســتــوي الــعــالــم . و الــســفــيــنــة «كــوانــتــم أوف ذي ســيــز» تــتــبــع شــركــة رويــال كــاريــبــيــان انــتــرنــاشــيــونــال ، و يــقــع مــقــرهــا الــرئــيــســي فــى مــيــامــى ، فــلــوريــدا…
Herbal medicines for stomach ache Posted by aziza on May 18, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give me herbs and tell me how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…
“Like Angels”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on May 17, 2015
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is widely known by the name “Like Angels زى الــمــلايــكــة” though in the album it has the name of “She is Indescribable مــا يــتــحــكــيــش عــلــيــهــا“. In the song, Amr compares his beloved to angels. He…
Question words with prepositions Posted by aziza on May 15, 2015
Some Arabic particles join each other when they come together, e.g. when certain prepositions come with question words, they join each other to make one word. They are easy to guess, but hard to identify for new learners of Arabic. I hope you find the following list useful: عن + ماذا = عمّ عمّ تتكلم؟…